Install using Serial Console

Per olof Ljungmark peo at intersonic.se
Sat Jul 1 22:18:24 UTC 2017


On 2017-06-29 11:34, Adam Steen wrote:
> Hi Hrant
> 
> I am afraid that didn't work!
> 
> I wonder if there is anything else at play! I have been able to boot,
> Alpine and Ubuntu Linux and OpenBSD. I just not have access to another
> machine.
> 
> this is what i got!
> 
>   +------------Welcome to FreeBSD-----------+ +o   .--`         /y:`      +.
>   |                                         |  yo`:.            :o      `+-
>   |  1. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |   y/               -/`   -o/
>   |  2. Boot Single User                    |  .-                  ::/sy+:.
>   |  3. Escape to loader prompt             |  /                     `--  /
>   |  4. Reboot                              | `:                          :`
>   |                                         | `:                          :`
>   |  Options:                               |  /                          /
>   |  5. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2)     |  .-                        -.
>   |  6. Configure Boot Options...           |   --                      -.
>   |                                         |    `:`                  `:`
>   |                                         |      .--             `--.
>   |                                         |         .---.....----.
>   +-----------------------------------------+
> 
> 
> 
> To get back to the menu, type `menu' and press ENTER 0000 ip=9336  f=0242
> or type `boot' and press ENTER to start FreeBSD.
> FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 ......
> (root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Thu Sep 29 01:38:45 UTC 2016)
> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
> Type '?' for a list of commands, 'help' for more detailed help.
> OK set console="comconsole"
> OK set comconsole_speed="115200"
> OK boot
> /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x14ed860 data=0x132538+0x4baa68
> syms=[0x8+0x159ee8+0x8+0x172d9c]
> Booting...
> |

Well, it says "Booting..."  so I it does boot? I suppose what you try to 
boot does not have any video or keyboard then? If it it had, you just 
follow the instructions to configure the serial console in the link 
provided already.

If not, try read "man boot" to see if the -D, -h and -P options makes sense.

And finally, there is the 'comconsole_port="0x2F8"' option as it looks 
like the video disappears when the kernel is started and it may be that 
it sets another port as the first.

Not sure about the mini memstick installer but a normal memstick install 
would just take you to the install screen, DHCP can only be configured 
from there.

Good luck /per


> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Hrant Dadivanyan <hrant at dadivanyan.net> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Adam,
>>
>> Escape to loader prompt, then issue:
>> set console="comconsole"
>> set comconsole_speed="115200"
>> boot
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Hrant
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I am trying to install FreeBSD via a Serial Console(i am using the
>>> FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-mini-memstick.img, but i am unable to get
>>> it to work. I only see "Booting.." then it appears the system hangs,
>>> it doesn't request an ip from my dhcp server either.
>>>
>>> I found the instructions at
>>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setup.html,
>>> but i don't have a way to mount a freebsd ufs img
>>>
>>> is there a way to enable the Serial Console at the Boot Prompt?
>>>
>>> Cheers Adam
>>>
>>> ps this is what i see
>>>    ______               ____   _____ _____
>>>   |  ____|             |  _ \ / ____|  __ \
>>>   | |___ _ __ ___  ___ | |_) | (___ | |  | |
>>>   |  ___| '__/ _ \/ _ \|  _ < \___ \| |  | |
>>>   | |   | | |  __/  __/| |_) |____) | |__| |
>>>   | |   | | |    |    ||     |      |      |
>>>   |_|   |_|  \___|\___||____/|_____/|_____/    ```                        `
>>>                                               s` `.....---.......--.```   -/
>>>   +------------Welcome to FreeBSD-----------+ +o   .--`         /y:`      +.
>>>   |                                         |  yo`:.            :o      `+-
>>>   |  1. Boot Multi User [Enter]             |   y/               -/`   -o/
>>>   |  2. Boot Single User                    |  .-                  ::/sy+:.
>>>   |  3. Escape to loader prompt             |  /                     `--  /
>>>   |  4. Reboot                              | `:                          :`
>>>   |                                         | `:                          :`
>>>   |  Options:                               |  /                          /
>>>   |  5. Kernel: default/kernel (1 of 2)     |  .-                        -.
>>>   |  6. Configure Boot Options...           |   --                      -.
>>>   |                                         |    `:`                  `:`
>>>   |                                         |      .--             `--.
>>>   |                                         |         .---.....----.
>>>   +-----------------------------------------+
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    si=00000008 di=00000000 bp=00000000 sp=00005df6 cs=0000 ip=9336  f=0242
>>>    NULL
>>> FreeBSD/x86 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 ......
>>> (root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org, Thu Sep 29 01:38:45 UTC 2016)
>>> Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf
>>> |
>>> FreeBSD/x86 boot
>>> Default: 0:ad(0p3)/boot/loader
>>> boot: \
>>>
>>> Booting..
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>> --
>> Hrant Dadivanyan (aka Ran d'Adi)                hrant(at)dadivanyan.net
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